The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY.
Decoration Ceremonies Yes
terddy Afternoon.
Literary Exercises Last Evening
AT the Opera House.
Full Report Of Comrade Creene's
Grafton.

quarters on King street, yesterday after
noon, to the number of twenty-seven.
They wore the badges Of the organiza
ton, but in the hall invested themselves
further in neat memorial badges. A
few moments before the hour Of start.
ing for the cemetery, halfpast three
O'Clock, the Honolulu Rifles, eighty.
two strong all told, marched up to the
headquarters The Rifles we're divided
by companies A and b and firing
party ofsrxteen men and four sergeants.
Major Hebbird commanded the body,
Lieut. Pratt Company y, and Lieut.
c. W.. Ashford Company b.
Captain Unger Of Company B leading
the firing party. Promptly at the ap.
pointed hour the procession started,
headed by the Royal Hawaiian Band
led by Prof Berger, the Rifles preced-
ing the Post. The latter was led by
Comrade V. V. Ashford, Lieut. Col. OIL
the Rifles. Besides Major Heb
bard, the following staff officers march
cd with the battalion: Adjutant Nc
Leod, Sergt Major Levey, Drum Major
King and Quartermaster Hail. Crowd,
Of people were gathered all along the
route Of procession, through King
Fort, Kukui and Nuuanu streets to tn,
cemetery, and a great many people &C
companied the line in carriages and OF
foot On reaching Nuuanu Avenue
the Rifles went through various evolu
tons, the way being broad enough
there to permit them A halt wa
made at the residence of Mr. p. c
Jones, that gentleman having thought
fully provided iced beverages for all il
the line Of march. When the bound
Of Nuuanu Cemetery were reached, th
Rifles reversed arms and the ban,
dropped lively airs for the dead march
Slowly the line countermarched roun'
the plot Of Geo. w. belong Post
hating the comrades on the west ant
their escort on the east side, both con-
ing to parade rest.
r Post Commander X. W. Lame, i
clear and impressive tones, began reac
, ing the decoration ritual. Actin
7 Chaplain, Comrade the Rev. ]. A
Crusan, continued, offering the meme
rial prayer. Then Comrade i. Turril
advancing 10 the nearest grave, rev,
rently decked il with beautiful flowers
repeating the appropriate words Of tn
ritual, that individual mound represen
. ing the resting places OF all departe
comrades. Next the firing party Of III
Rifles discharged three yolleys in III
air. The first was in perfect precision
the second very fair, but the third vi
great failure. All the comrades no
: advanced and with the handsom
bouquets carried in their hands durir
the long march decorated all the grave
within the plot. Following is a tran
cript from the different monuments,
/, show the names Of the comrades thel
buried
!. George 4. Shipley, Surgeon U. S. !
y Born at Boston, Mass. Died at Hon
i lulu December 7, 1880 Aged
h years.
! Chas. Wilson, 4lh New York Caviar
v a native of Poland. Died at Honolu
/. October IS, 1884. Aged IS years.
n Edward l.. Harvey, born at Bosto
] Mass. Died at Honolulu July 3, 1888
o Aged ss years. 4and Massachuset
is Volunteers.
a Joseph Tlden, born at Lowe
IN Mass, u, S. A., December ~, 1888
ie Died at Honolulu July 7, 1885.
James W. Ramey born in PERI
t. Ohio, July 10, 1887. Died in Hon
at lula November 10, 1885, oand oh
,e Volunteers
,e Phil. ]. Lauth, of Los Angeles, Ca
born in France March 8, IS4L Dr.
February rs, 1886. A member
Bartlett Post, No, 9, G. A. R. HI
band.
er Edward Harris, Co. B, grid M
al York Infantry.
?, The ceremony being over, the Riff
" formed in open order, as the P'
60 marched out Of the gate, and then t
line reformed as before and march
Of back to town, AS the Rifles left
ot Post at headquarters, marching off
10 their Armory, the baud took up pc
er ton on the sidewalk and played ur
the comrades retired within their hi
no All the leading places of busin,
~ we're closed during the afternoon. I
American flag flew at halfmast fr'
of the Legation and from the Consula
nd while most of the shipping in the h
Dor showed similar token of resp
for the memory Of Americas patr
dead. At the Post headquarters
large star-spangled banners drooI
my over King street, with the banner
''s' the G, A, r. depending between the
~ THE LITERARY EXERCISES,
T., tho evening the Hawaiian OBJ